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Fire Woman: The Extraordinary Story of Britain's First Female Firefighter

By Reynolds, Josephine

Why We Think the Things We Think: Philosophy in a Nutshell

By Stephen, Alain

Abandoning America: Life-stories from early New England

By Susan Hardman Moore

Last Landlady: An English Memoir

By Laura Thompson

All The Devils Are Here (Granta Editions)

By David Seabrook

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

By Rubenhold, Hallie

Casting off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's First Feminist

By Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi

The Earl Of Petticoat Lane

By Miller, Andrew

Sound: A Story of Hearing Lost and Found (Wellcome Collection)

By Bella Bathurst

Haunts of the Black Masseur - The Swimmer as Hero

By Sprawson, Charles

Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World: Gift Edition

By Pankhurst, Kate

Narrow Dog to Indian River

By Darlington, Terry

Dog Days In Soho: One Man's Adventures In Fifties Bohemia)

By Richardson, Nigel

Letters of a Woman Homesteader

By Stewart

The Outrun: A Memoir

By Liptrot, Amy

The Meaning of Cricket

By Hotten, Jon

Seven Days In The Art World

By Thornton, Sarah

The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World

By Cadbury, Deborah

Chocolate Wars: From Cadbury to Kraft - 200 Years of Sweet Success and Bitter Rivalry

By Cadbury, Deborah

Darwin's Sacred Cause: Race, Slavery and the Quest for Human Origins

By Desmond, Adrian, Moore, James

As I Was Going Down Sackville Street

By Gogarty, Oliver St.John

Pearls before Poppies: The Story of the Red Cross Pearls

By Rachel Trethewey

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (Penguin Classics)

By Cellini, Benvenuto

Life Along the Silk Road: Second Edition

By Whitfield, Susan

Self and Society in Medieval France: The Memoirs of Abbot Guibert of Nogent (1064?-c.1125) (Medieval academy reprints for teaching): 15

By John F. Benton, C. C. Swinton Bland

Rabbit-proof Fence

By Pilkington, Doris

Burma: A Nation At The Crossroads - Revised Edition

By Rogers, Benedict

The Betrayal of Anne Frank: Less a Mystery Unsolved Than a Secret Well Kept

By Sullivan, Rosemary

Illustrated Letters of the Paston Family

By Virgoe, Roger

Introducing Melanie Klein: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)

By Hinshelwood, R. D., Robinson, Susan, Zarate, Oscar